A microwave inverse scattering technique for image reconstruction based on a genetic algorithm

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 573-578

  Pastorino, Matteo ^a,b   Massa, Andrea ^b   Caorsi, Salvatore ^c  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dielectric objects; Electromagnetic imaging; Genetic algorithms; Imaging systems; Microwaves

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PERMITTIVITY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC IMAGING; MICROWAVE INVERSE SCATTERING TECHNIQUE;

MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0034205107     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.850397     Document Type: Article

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